MILWAUKEE – Senior John Cording scored 23 points and the MSOE men's basketball team hit 15 three-pointers, but it was not enough as the Raiders lost to Concordia Chicago 79-74 Saturday afternoon at the Kern Center.

MSOE (9-3, 4-3 NACC) saw their six-game winning streak come to an end as the Cougars (4-7, 1-6 NACC) overcame deficits of 10 in the first half and nine in the second to post their first conference win.

Cording hit three 3-pointers on his way to a season-high scoring day, adding seven assists and two steals. Sophomore Austin Stueck hit five 3's in his way to 19 points, while senior Jaren Singh was 3-of-3 from three-point range and had 11 points and junior Jeremiah Erdmann scored 10.

Kostas Doxakis scored a team-high 21 points off the bench for Concordia Chicago. Marcus Elston had a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, as Mike Walmer added 16 points and Brandon Stinson 14.

The Raiders jumped out to a 10-2 lead and would build their lead as high as 10 at 24-14 and 26-26, but CUC battled within three at 32-29 going into halftime.

Coming out of the break, the Red and White would re-establish a nine-point advantage at 43-34 on a Cording steal and layup with 16:18 to play. Concordia then answered with a 12-3 run to knot the score at 46-46 just over four minutes later.

Once again, MSOE started to pull away, but the team could not build its lead any higher than five points, allowing the Cougars to remain in the game. The Raiders last led at 57-56 before the visitors rattled off a 13-4 run to take a 69-61 lead with 2:36 remaining in the game.

Concordia then hit 8-of-10 free throws down the stretch to hold off the Raiders.

MSOE returns to action Wednesday, playing at Aurora.